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Term Papers on Biographies
The Life Of Aristotle
Number of words: 2310 - Number of pages: 9.... at
the Academy, but lacking Plato's imaginative gifts, he probably never found the
form congenial. Apart from a few fragments in the works of later writers, his
dialogues have been wholly lost. Aristotle also wrote some short technical notes,
such as a dictionary of philosophic terms and a summary of the doctrines of
Pythagoras. Of these, only a few brief excerpts have survived. Still extant,
however, are Aristotle's lecture notes for carefully outlined courses treating
almost every branch of knowledge and art. The texts on which Aristotle's
reputation rests are .....
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Number of words: 1985 - Number of pages: 8.... then they didn’t have dormitories for students. On March 17, 1865 a fraternity called “Placet hic requiescere Musis” (May the Muses rest here) selected him as a member of their fraternity. Then on May 9 he joined a scientific society called “Natura Dux nobis et auspex” (Nature is our leader and protector).
Wilhelm didn’t like keeping house so, he found a room with the family of a cabinetmaker. There he started writing his first book, called “Question for the Inorganic Part of the Chemistry Textbook”, under th .....
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Lucille Ball
Number of words: 1101 - Number of pages: 5.... episodes of the original sitcom as a ditzy housewife" (Biography 1). Her show was so successful and popular that, "the 1953 episode on which she gave birth to 'Little Ricky'. . . was said to attract more viewers than the concurrent inauguration of President Dwight D Eisenhower" (Biography 1). Her impact was so great that even today, everyone knows that "Lucy Ricardo, of course, achieved eternal life" (Brady 342).
Prior to her television success, she also had much success on her radio show My Favorite Husband. The show was a comedy based on based on "the deli .....
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WEB DuBois's Influence On Literature And People
Number of words: 1062 - Number of pages: 4.... progress", as it is
called. We are rather ashamed that we have not developed more
millionaires and more big business. (Paschal 154)
DuBois believed that assimilation was the best means of treating
discrimination against blacks in the 1920's. Education was a key to a
diverse and cultural society. DuBois being a well-respected intellectual
and leader, worked to reach goals of education and peaceful resolutions
between the races and classes.
DuBois felt that the black leadership, of Booker T. Washington, was too
submissive. Washington wante .....
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Ernest Hemmingway
Number of words: 2937 - Number of pages: 11.... smell of flowers. Her children were expected to behave properly and to please her, always. Mrs. Hemingway treated Ernest, when he was a small boy, as if he were a female baby doll and she dressed him accordingly. This arrangement was alright until Ernest got to the age when he wanted to be a "gun-toting Pawnee Bill". He began, at that time, to pull away from his mother, and never forgave her for his humiliation. The town of Oak Park, where Ernest grew up, was very old fashioned and quite religious. The townspeople forbad the word "virgin" from appearing in school .....
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Richard Cory
Number of words: 695 - Number of pages: 3.... else and decided to commit suicide. During her funeral those who she had tried to please in the past were the ones to comment about how beautiful she looked. Finally she had received the praise she was longing for.
In contrast, Richard Cory was viewed as the gem of the neighborhood, unlike The Barbie doll. Richard Cory was a man loved by all. He was a man that society had put up on a pedestal. He had the looks, wealth and the manner that everyone wanted. Even though people did not really know him they wanted to live like him and be like him. His fellow n .....
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Alexander I
Number of words: 1705 - Number of pages: 7.... from the beginning. The sweet and charming girl was loved by everyone except her husband. As a wedding present, Catherine gave Alexander the Alexander Palace, showing her preference for his grandson over her son, Paul, by granting Alexander a larger court than his father's. This further poisoned the atmosphere in the family. These experiences taught Alexander, early in life, how to manipulate those who loved him and he became a natural at changing his views and personality depending on whom he was with at the time.
Catherine was determined that Alexande .....
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Martin Luther King Reflection Essay
Number of words: 323 - Number of pages: 2.... David Thoreau. King and his followers held sit-ins at lunch
counters and rode on segregated buses. Others in the country boycotted
discriminatory companies and their products, that practiced legal
segregation and discrimination. The largest ever non-violent protest in
Washington August 23, 1968, where 200,000 people attended. This was where
King gave his famous " I have a Dream " speech.
Although King insisted on nonviolent ways, violence persistently
occurred. Marchers and protesters were attacked by dogs and shot at with
water hoses. Riot's brike out .....
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